cut and sew

Today is that biennial day when we add here and subtract there.

You understand, you cut a half foot off of one end of the blanket and sew it on the other end, so the blanket seems longer.

I rather liked the idea of the change from standard to savings time (the latter seems so frugal). If the spring version did not reflect the beginning of summer, when the sun suddenly went down at 8 in the evening, it was the beginning of spring, real spring.

But, something went wrong this year.

I just took Leo out for his morning walk. It is 28º. Not really cold, but definitely cool. Yahoo Weather (I did not get paid for that outburst) says that the high today will b 37. Hmm.

They are often a bit low in their estimates. Often it gets a bit warmer, but If they are off 5º that puts us about 40. Some summer, some spring.

But, hope springs eternal. I planted seeds in pots in my little studio this week. I put the pots on the heat starting pad (made for just that purpose). The seeds will begin to pop up later this week.

But still, first day of longer blanket season and only 40º.

I’ll not garden too much today. But this evening Miriam, Leo and I can go for a nice chilly walk, and do it in day the daylight.